Gourmand Note
Vanilla
703 fragrances in our directory are built around it.
What Is Vanilla?
In perfumery, vanilla rarely smells like the extract in your kitchen. It's built from vanillin and often blended with tonka bean, benzoin, or musk to create anything from a soft, powdery skin scent to a dark, resinous, almost smoky accord. It's one of the most universally loved notes — and one of the easiest to get wrong by going too sweet.
Scent profile
- Sweet
- Warm
- Comforting
Perfumes With Vanilla
Ranked by how central vanilla is to the scent — where it sits in the pyramid and how much of the perfume is built around it. The % is that match — brands don’t publish how much of a note is in the formula.
More Gourmand Notes
73 notes in this family — here are the most used.
Pairs Well With
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